Fear rules almost every newsroom in the country.

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Once the herd starts moving in one direction, it's very hard to turn it, even...

Once the herd starts moving in one direction, it's very hard to turn it, even...

To err is human but to really foul up requires a computer.

To err is human but to really foul up requires a computer.

For years Don Imus was just - boy, he was merciless in his criticism of...

For years Don Imus was just - boy, he was merciless in his criticism of...

I don't back down. I don't cave when the pressure gets too great from these...

I don't back down. I don't cave when the pressure gets too great from these...

An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not...

An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not...

Be careful. Journalism is more addictive than crack cocaine. Your life can get out of...

Be careful. Journalism is more addictive than crack cocaine. Your life can get out of...

Never eat spinach just before going on the air.

Never eat spinach just before going on the air.

Texas: 32 electoral votes, another of the so-called big enchiladas or if not an enchilada...

Texas: 32 electoral votes, another of the so-called big enchiladas or if not an enchilada...

Be careful. Journalism is more addictive than crack cocaine. Your life can get out of...

Be careful. Journalism is more addictive than crack cocaine. Your life can get out of...

I've always tried to be fair, even-handed, not an advocate for any group.

I've always tried to be fair, even-handed, not an advocate for any group.

Only votes talk, everything else walks.

Only votes talk, everything else walks.

And now the sequence of events in no particular order.

And now the sequence of events in no particular order.

If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us...

If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us...

Are the Democrats going to dance the mandate Macarena?

Are the Democrats going to dance the mandate Macarena?

Despite what many Americans think, most Soviets do not yearn for capitalism or Western-style democracy.

Despite what many Americans think, most Soviets do not yearn for capitalism or Western-style democracy.

What I say or do here won't matter much, nor should it.

What I say or do here won't matter much, nor should it.

Journalists should denounce government by public opinion polls.

Journalists should denounce government by public opinion polls.

In a healthy nation there is a kind of dramatic balance between the will of...

In a healthy nation there is a kind of dramatic balance between the will of...

They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program.

They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program.

I think the inherent right of the Government to lie to save itself when facing...

I think the inherent right of the Government to lie to save itself when facing...